I’m Rebecca Hay and I have built a successful interior design business by trial and error, podcasts, online courses and books. Over the last decade I have grown from an insecure student to having career false starts and now I’ve finally landed where I want to be. Throughout my journey I’ve become deeply passionate about business and helping other entrepreneurs and career minded women. Each week I’ll share tangible takeaways from my own experience and the experiences of other badass women to help you build your confidence and change your business.
Once you establish a…
In this episode, I sit down with Natalie Norcross to talk about PR and getting published as a designer. We touch upon the top publications, strategy, and how you can repurpose content.
About Natalie…
In episode 103, I had the opportunity to interview another amazing designer and beloved POP Alumnus, Laurie Sprague. Laurie’s story is really unique in that she shares her experience moving from Newf…
So, what gives? Why bother doing it?
Sometimes b…
In this bonus episode, I sit down and chat with a star member of our community and super talented Connecticut designer, Jocelyn Polce. We talk about how implementing a process in her business has led…
WOW WOW WOW! I can't believe this is the 100th Episode of the Resilient by Design podcast!
Before I started Resilient by Design, I wanted to start a podcast for a really long time and had a few fail…
In this episode, we bring back a familiar voice from season 2 of the podcast, Steve Ryan!
Steve is not only a designer, stager, and POP alumni, but he is also a vocal contributor in our designer meet…
This topic comes from a direct request from one of our listeners inside our Designer Meet-up Facebook group!
In this episode, I talk about how Covid-19 has really impacted the cost of items across th…
This Bonus episode is of a very interesting conversation I had with the talented and intelligent Adriana Pietropaolo. In the episode, she shares how she made the choice of going from experienced corp…
This is the first episode in our multi-part Know Your Numbers series. My own Operations Manager, Merilee Wright, and I are teaming up to help you learn the numbers in your business so that you can de…
In this episode, I had the absolute pleasure of chatting with the intelligent and bubbly Sarah Bilicki to talk about her business journey and all of the changes that she has implemented since she sta…
Today's episode is a rebroadcast from our first season of the podcast all about project productivity.
So what does this mean?
In this episode, I talk about how every project I used to run was chaotic…
If you are looking to grow a team or make your small team bigger, or scale your business in any way, you're going to love my chat with Regan Baker! In this episode, we talk about everything from Rega…
This episode comes directly from a question asked in our Designers Meet-up Facebook group, aka a dedicated listener! In episode 89 I spoke about my expenses and one I had listed was a publicist. This…
Happy New Year & Happy new Season! This is the first official episode of Season 3!
In this episode, I dive into the second part of my Annual Company Planning. You can find Part 1 of my Annual Company…
Welcome to season 3, which also happens to be my third year doing this podcast in a pandemic- Wow!
Here's hoping that by Season 4(2023), we'll be totally looking a little more "normal".
I'm really ex…
Doing Year-End Reviews changed my business. I'm not even exaggerating! Up until a few years ago, I didn't review how I did the previous year and just kept plowing forward hoping for the best. But how…